Physiological, biochemical, and microscopic analyses of weakened walls of conidia in Colletotrichum graminicola with a disrupted class V chitin synthase gene, chsA

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-115

  Amnuaykanjanasin, A ^a,b   Epstein, L ^a   Labavitch, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Chitin synthase class V; Colletotrichum graminicola; Conidia; Glomerella graminicola

Indexed keywords

COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GRAMINICOLA; GLOMERELLA; GLOMERELLA GRAMINICOLA; GRAMINICOLA;

EID: 1042291409     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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